A substantial channel between the Orkney Mainland and the island of Burray, Holm Sound exceeds 1¼ miles (2 km) in width. It contains the small islands of Lamb Holm and Glimps Holm and, since 1944, has been crossed by three of the four Churchill Barriers.
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